Recent content by Bladevane

Back in 2019 with a fair few miles on my PHEV (approaching 50k) I was looking for replacement tyres. So I researched and, to cut a long story short, homed in on Avon ZX7. I replaced the original Toyo tyres which had done very nearly 52,000 miles and at the same time impressed me with their...

Well, that didn't make a difference. Drove to Cornwall from Oxfordshire - all OK. Coming back through Wantage we lost all the DAB stations and the radio reverted to 12B Absolute Radio - again. Must be an issue with the car.

I have just disabled the DAB-DAB Link as per Wobbling2106 suggestion. Let’s see if it makes a difference.

Since the middle of December 2021 the phenomenon of losing display preset names but the presets still existing has happened to me a few times when travelling along the M40 towards London around High Wycombe and also in West London. I don't blame the car I blame the noughts and ones - everything...

Snow and heavy rain seem to knock out the FCM function, at least they do on my 2014 model.

Getting the light unit out is tricky but easier once you see how its fixed in. The 3 spring clips are on the lower part of the unit so you need to push it downwards to compress the spring clips before prising the unit away from the bodywork at the top. Once the 3 ramps are clear of the body the...

My central brakelight suffered from a ring of algae round it so I removed it, cleaned it and put it back. Some months later I noticed a couple of the LEDs were not working so I searched for a replacement unit. The part number is 8334A113 and I found one at £277. I also searched eBay and found...

After buying a new iPhone I was struggling to reconnect with the Remote App. until I came across these instructions (thanks to iNprum from Speak EV forum). If like me you have had problems trying to find out how to remove old devices here's how: 1. Enter car, close door, no foot on Brake! 2...

That's going to require a few gallons of WD40.

Can't see that it matters. I've left mine at airport parking for 2 weeks and there has never been a problem. Equally I leave it plugged in at home, with a padlock on the cable, just in case.....

Apologies if this sounds like teaching you to suck eggs, but the default regenerative braking value is 2 and at this setting you will experience some degree of retardation which increases as you increase the setting up to 5. At setting 0 there is no braking effect and it feels similar to being...

There are at least 2 different types of windscreen and AutoGlass should have ordered the correct one by referring to the VIN or by their own experience. Fit the wrong type and the LDW will not work. I know this because I made 2 visits to AutoGlass before they got the right screen.

Or just leave your mobile phone between the key and the car. Signal is blocked, well mine is.

Wheel spacers are a bad idea. They change the suspension geometry and not in a good way.

Chuck a couple of bags of cement in the back. That will make it smoother.